Ruptures in the agroecological transitions: institutional change and policy dismantling in Brazil

• DOI: 10.1080/03066150.2022.2055468
• Publication Date: 2022-05-10T02:22:34Z
• Authors: Paulo Niederle; Paulo Petersen; Emilie Coudel; Catia Grisa; Claudia Schmitt; Eric Sabourin; Evandro Schneider; Alfio Brandenburg; Claire Lamine
• Keywords: Agroecology; Policy learning

Brazil is one of the few countries that has implemented policies aimed at supporting agroecological transition processes on a national scale. While its experience caught attention international community interested in building sustainable and healthy food systems, recent literature points to dismantling these policies. This article identifies variety strategies analyze how they are linked modification policy paradigm. Results suggest formation 'clientelist–corporocratic' paradigm legitimized active visible strategies, such as extinction instruments delegitimization agroecology through discursive mechanisms.